Monday, April 15, 2019

IS THERE an 'antidote to nationalism'?

Well, there's 'globalism' which is a pretty name for the Democrat vision of government by the self-anointed....

Sunday, April 14, 2019

ME TOO: Bernie Sanders owes me money.

Has anyone else noticed that his 'tax the rich' stump speech has gone from millionaires and billionaires to just billionaires?

And trillionaires?

As long as its other people's money....
NOEMIE EMERY: Marching through Georgia. Stacey Abrams retains her strong grip on irrationality.

Warning: annoying 'pop-under' ads and autostart videos.
DEMOCRATS QUIETLY FRUSTRATED over 'radical freshmen' cover girls.

[Sarcasm alert] And you seriously think women should be in charge of anything?
SPRING LIVES: Episode 4 of the series.

It's near-constant rain, high winds, thunderstorms, and possible power outages (pine trees hereabouts have an unerring ability to fall on roads and powerlines) folks, so no pictures from down at the pond today. Here are this week's pictures, and it was 'poof day' (my term for when the buds finally become leaves) earlier this week. Greenery abounds.

The first picture is more or less the usual one of the pond taken from our back deck. There are still a lot of bare branches as the bigger trees have yet to blossom, but all have buds out. The smaller trees, as evidenced by the green patches, have already begun to leaf out vigorously.


The next picture is of the firepit area, and it's already showing much more green than last week. The background is beginning to be obscured by the nearer foliage, and our plantings from last week are already perking up and growing nicely.


The last two views are ones I don't normally show, facing south down a steep hill which is impossible to walk down and heavily forested to boot. But it does have several nice dogwood trees visible from the kitchen window which have just now begun to bloom. By next week the flowers will probably be gone and it will be a jungle out there again.



As usual, last week's pictures are here for comparison.
ANOTHER UNIVERSITY FOR MY 'DO NOT GO' LIST: Georgetown students pass mandatory fee for slavery reparations.

Want to bet on whether or not the faculty/administration/staff members pay the fee? (I'll take 'no' for $1000, Alex.)

Saturday, April 13, 2019

REAL SOCIAL JUSTICE: White House floats releasing asylum seekers into sanctuary cities.
Democrats are mad because Trump has exposed them as the virtue-signaling hypocrites they are.
Democrats believe it's social justice only when it's in your back yard....
CANDACE OWENS: Given the Democrat Party's history of racism, their attacks on me aren't a surprise.
FROM POWERLINE'S Week in Pictures, my favorite:

Chick-fil-A's revenge. Now go see the rest.
BUT CAN HE FORWARD THEM TO SAN FRANSICO? San Jose Mayor says Trump can send illegal immigrants to his city any time.

Note that this is a political stunt; Mayor Liccardo knows full well that Trump can't transport illegals to sanctuary cities without a loooong legal fight.
I DON'T SEE WHY; DEMOCRATS ARE ALREADY HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED: ‘The Walking Dead’ likely to receive Virginia tax subsidy.
"SELLING EMPTY PIPE DREAMS TO THE EASILY GULLIBLE": How did Bernie Sanders make his money?

Lede from the comments.
DON'T THEY HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS TO WORRY ABOUT? California may ban hotels from giving guests tiny bottles of shampoo, conditioner, lotion.
DONALD TRUMP provides Democrats a 'teachable moment'.

If only Democrats were as teachable as my cats....
FROM INSIDE THE BLUE BUBBLE: Democrat retreat begins with ‘Who Are The People?’ lesson from Ivy League professors. And Hollywood.
The theme of the House Democrats' annual retreat this year is "fighting for the people," but they needed a pair of Ivy League professors and a Hollywood power couple to explain to them just who those people are....
They don't even bother to turn their deep blue bubble to 'transparent' and look outside. Even for a moment. Because they already know everything.
ON THE BRIGHT SIDE IT'S EATING ITSELF: California has become America's cannibal state.

They've made Ouroboros a state religion....
IT'S HARD TO UNDERESTIMATE AN IQ OF ZERO: Have we been overestimating Ilhan Omar?
WHY GUNS? Watch and see.
SAN FRANCISCO'S slow-motion suicide.

Well, if Ocasio-Cortez is right, they only have 12 years left (unless Mother Nature decides to 'clean out' the bay area first).
AFTER MORE THAN A CENTURY, the cyclocopter is making a comeback.


Clever, but I suspect scaling it to human-sized is going to be an engineering bitch.